Finance

WSU receives industry honors for grant management innovations in Workday

WSU recognized nationally for groundbreaking use of Workday for grants administration WSU has received two prestigious industry recognitions for their visionary effort in creating the first-ever enterprise grant forecasting tool, Adaptive Grants Forecasting, which allows researchers and grants administrators to review and project future expenses and remaining balances on their grants. WSU received Workday’s Platform […]

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Update: Automated Supplier Remittance Details for supplier invoices paid by ACH

Beginning September 2024, suppliers receiving ACH payments were added to a new program which provides them with remittance details via an automated email. The email contains a PDF file with a list of supplier invoices paid to that supplier for each settlement. The process of moving suppliers into this new program will be completed the […]

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Supplier security updates

Effective immediately, new security enhancements are in effect restricting some viewing capabilities on Supplier Records and their associated attachment data in Workday. Individuals who perform the tasks of Create Supplier Invoice Request, Create Requisition and Create Request – Contract Request will still have the ability to initiate these in Workday and will not be impacted […]

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September training materials update

Recent changes include usability and accessibility improvements; new guides for Grants, Finance, and General; updates for acceptable file types; and various process updates. Here are the new and updated training materials and resources for September: General Complete State and Local Withholding Elections What File Types Can I Upload into Workday? Finance Create, Approve, Change, or […]

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WSU finalist for Workday North America Customer Awards

Modernization is thrilled to announce that Washington State University has been named a finalist in the 2024 Workday North America Customer Awards, nominated by Deloitte and Workday for the development of the university’s innovative Adaptive Grants Forecasting tool. Workday Customer Awards recognize organizations using Workday in innovative and inspiring ways to address issues that are […]

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Change to Contract Request process for Facility Use, Hotel, and Lodging agreements

WSU Procurement & Contract Services is making a change to the contracting team that handles Facility Use, Hotel, and Lodging agreements. As a result of this change, effective immediately, those completing the Contract Request process should select the Purchasing Services radio button instead of the REBO radio button to correctly route their request to the […]

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New SPS request type available in Workday

At the request of SPS, a new “Transfer from Sponsored Agreement to FPCA Account” request type is now available in Workday, for the purpose of requesting to move excess revenue from a Fixed Price Agreement to a departmental or PI Fixed Price Consolidation Account per BPPM 40.27. The Research or Conference Account Request (RCAR-FPCA) is […]

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New guide provides information on Administrative Service Charge (ASC) in Workday

In accordance with BPPM 30.16, the University assesses administrative service charges on revenues collected by University units that charge for goods and/or services. We’ve created a new reference guide providing information and examples on how Workday assesses the Administrative Service Charge (ASC). Access the guide here. For questions regarding the processing of the ASC fee within […]

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Updates to accepted file types in Workday for Expense Reports and more

Modernization has updated the guidance surrounding the types of files accepted as supporting documentation for Spend Authorizations and Expense Reports. In addition to PDFs, other file types such as JPGs, JPEGs, and PNGs can now be attached. A previous condition was in place restricting the accepted file type for supporting documentation for the Expense Report […]

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